Full Text of HR0773 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Rochester High School | 4 | | football team, the Rockets, for winning the 2019 5A State | 5 | | Championship on November 30, 2019; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bouncing back from a second place finish in 2018, | 7 | | the Rochester Rockets represented the Central State 8 | 8 | | Conference at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois | 9 | | University and handed the Mustangs of Chicago St. Rita a loss | 10 | | by a score of 42-28; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Led by Head Coach Derek Leonard, the Rochester | 12 | | Rockets finished the season with a record of 13 wins and one | 13 | | loss; en route to the Championship, they won four playoff games | 14 | | against LaSalle-Peru, Highland, Springfield rival Sacred | 15 | | Heart-Griffin, and Mascoutah by a combined score of 215-102; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Previously playing at the 4A level, the Rochester | 18 | | Rockets were moved into the 5A class for the 2019 playoffs, | 19 | | where the team continued its historic run; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Tallying this most recent championship, Rochester | 21 | | has won eight titles since 2010; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Only four high schools in Illinois football | 2 | | playoff history have won more state titles than Rochester; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, At the helm of the offense in the State | 4 | | Championship game, All-State Quarterback Clay Bruno threw for | 5 | | 315 yards and four touchdowns and caught a touchdown; Bruno | 6 | | connected with his number one target, Hank Beatty, for 12 | 7 | | completions, 212 yards, and three touchdowns; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Rochester High School varsity football roster | 9 | | includes players Logan Peters, Jarrett Reed, Jayden Myren, | 10 | | Malachi Edgington, Henry Patterson, Clay Bruno, Matthew Baker, | 11 | | Anthony Marinelli, Christian Creviston, Hank Beatty, Jordan | 12 | | Raps, Josiah Moore, Jacob Gunter, Jack Friedewald, Brandon | 13 | | Raps, Mason Wheeler, Joe Young, Nathaniel Adams, Carter | 14 | | Sternitzke, Seth Parkinson, Hayden Phillips, Keith Jones, | 15 | | David Yoggerst, Brock Casey, Daniel Chapin, Brayden Perisho, | 16 | | Cole Edgington, Jack Bruso, Zane Geller, Tanner Hayden, Jack | 17 | | Teeter, Ian Lichtenberger, Zach Gleeson, Jacob DuRocher, | 18 | | Dalton Tieman, Keeton Reiss, Austin Adcock, PJ Jerszynski, Zach | 19 | | Adcock, Cody Parnell, Johnny Neal, Ethan Hughes, Cody Hunt, | 20 | | Tyler Vollintine, Jack Meadows, Blaine Gilley, Darren Carner, | 21 | | Wes Moore, Isaac Drum, Will Ryan, Drew Davis, Josh Scranton, | 22 | | David Ryan, Connor Shaughnessy, Dalton Garecht, Mitchell | 23 | | Morris, Aidyn Ori, Tyler Houger, Blake Buckles, Justin Jones, |
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| 1 | | Tyler Wetherell, Jordan Edmonds, Jacob Garfield, Connor | 2 | | Sweeney, Will Rutherford, Brayden Rowden, Nathanial Sampson, | 3 | | Shawn Dulin, Grant Wisecup, Will Ryan, Camden Ramsey, Logan | 4 | | Perkins, Nathan Jackson, Ryan Kleingartner, Colten Stock, | 5 | | Alexander Kuhlman, Carter Sommer, Braedon Rice, Chris | 6 | | Koerwitz, Nathan Hoerner, Ethan Vose, Jace Benton, Brady Baird, | 7 | | Tyler Gade, Kyler Benton, Ryan Robinson, Jackson Schaller, | 8 | | Cameron Beal, Kolton Reiser, Brendan McClanahan, Clay Alewelt, | 9 | | Cole Peters, and Ethan Clarke; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Head Coach, Derek Leonard, | 11 | | the Rocket coaching staff includes assistant coaches, Derrick | 12 | | Nelson, Steve Buecker, JC Clarke, Tyson Corley, Jim Smith, | 13 | | Brett Tackett, Jim Rychel, Rich McMahan, Tyler Mazzini, Eric | 14 | | Warren, AJ Hill, and Manny Minter; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate the Rochester High School football team, the | 18 | | Rockets, for winning the 2019 IHSA Class 5A State Championship | 19 | | and wish the program future success; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Head Coach Derek Leonard and Principal Brent | 22 | | Ashbaugh.
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